Influencers, misinformation and aid cuts: the fight to halt polio in Malawi

A huge vaccination drive has been launched after the country’s first outbreak in years of the paralysing disease. But the battle to wipe out the virus is struggling elsewhere, so how can it be ...
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The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comeback

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Karachi, Pakistan, April 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) Amid rampant ...
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Giving polio the finger: Rotary leads vaccination campaign

Wednesday was hardly the first time Dave Ament gave polio the finger. The retired Baraboo educator has defied the disease for 70 years, ignoring limitations doctors, coaches and his mother tried to ...
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The World Nearly Beat Polio: Fake Records and an Imperfect Vaccine Aided Its Return

KARACHI, Pakistan -- For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global ...
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The world nearly beat polio. But fake records, an imperfect vaccine and missteps aided its comeback

For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global campaign to wipe out the ...